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Dave Gomberg made the maiden flights of SOLO at Berkeley, the Super Overly Large Octopus, the largest Octopus yet. The body is claimed to be 2000 square feet, the blue of the eyes alone are 5 feet across. Brian Champie stode under it for perspective but as you can see SOLO was checking him out as a quick snack

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"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see" John W Lennon

"People do not quit playing because they grow old, they grow old because they quit playing" George Bernard Shaw

I was lucky on that shot, the eyes really aren't menacing at all. I didn't get a lot of pics, hopefully somebody will post more. But here's another less menacing shot of SOLO, a shot of a few more octo's, and a great classic parafoil of 720 square feet, built in 1979.

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"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see" John W Lennon

"People do not quit playing because they grow old, they grow old because they quit playing" George Bernard Shaw

Nice pics Mike! I put a few of mine up shortly. you got real close to Solo. Gotta convert them and pick-em out. Great festival. Better than last year, hope its all black profits for Tom this year.Despojado killed it this year, for me anyways.Barressi real smooth on 2 lines, whoa.

Great thread title- i was wondering who was gonna start one for after.

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